The Unbuilt Monuments of Washington D.C.

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  • @meneslayus
    @meneslayus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +201

    Funny how every unused Eisenhower memorial proposal looks better than what was actually built

    • @noncreativeguy7284
      @noncreativeguy7284 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I hate to say it but the memorial is pretty underwhelming. I would’ve preferred any of the other proposals.

    • @Flight_of_Icarus
      @Flight_of_Icarus 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The idea of an Eisenhower arch actually looks really cool.

    • @MusicismoreImportant
      @MusicismoreImportant 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Does it look German??​@@Flight_of_Icarus

    • @Thrainite
      @Thrainite หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The memorial looks like your typical corporate monument. It's slick, clean, and has little artistry beyond the actual statues. A triumphal arch or a wonderfully designed triumphal column in the style of Tajan's Column would have been preferred for me. I think it would also portray what Eisenhower himself would have preferred. In his opinion, he didn't win the war. The Soldiers did. His entire command philosophy was to allow his generals to give the best possible chance to their Soldiers to do what Soldier's do. Wreck em'.

  • @mrpink8951
    @mrpink8951 2 ปีที่แล้ว +636

    Theodore Roosevelt does have his own national memorial island in the Potomac in DC. It has a statue of the man flanked by large slabs of stone upon which are engraved famous speeches if his. It’s a nice shaded and out of the way place to visit when you’re tired of rushing against the rest of the tourist rat pack.

    • @башарал
      @башарал 2 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      I think it's perfect for him because of his efforts to create national parks and what better way to honor him than by preserving the nature of an island between two large metropolitan areas

    • @gregsells8549
      @gregsells8549 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Roosevelt Island was once considered for a stadium, as I learned in the LaBreece TV video on RFK Stadium. A grand, Olympic-type stadium might also have been built along the Tidal Basin, as well as where RFK was eventually built as the first of the cookie-cutters.

    • @jackiereed1296
      @jackiereed1296 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I have been there it is super nice and fits him great

    • @jmchez
      @jmchez 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      That is very interesting and reminds me of the contrast between JFK's grave site in Arlington Cemetery and Teddy's and Franklin's graves in New York. JFK's grave is overturn with tourists; kids, holding balloons and eating ice cream , people taking endless photographs and the loud noise of the crowds. At least, that's the way it looked the summer that I visited.
      Teddy's grave and that of his wife is located near his beloved Sagamare Hill house on Long Island in what is now a bird sanctuary. Few people visit and in summer, all you hear are the sounds of the birds.
      Franklin's grave is on the far side of the rose garden of his home in Hyde Park. The rose garden is very appropriate, as Roosevelt means, "rose field". Again, the summer that I visited, there was no one else there and the ambiance was that of serenity and contemplation.

    • @michaelmaroldaiv2857
      @michaelmaroldaiv2857 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@jmchez I grew up right near sagamore hill. his gravesite is fantastic. it was a shame his island memorial in DC is not kept up as it should be, the fountains were off when I was there.

  • @theicepickthatkilledtrotsk658
    @theicepickthatkilledtrotsk658 2 ปีที่แล้ว +880

    The architecture of Washington D.C. is fascinating. It's the most classical of all US cities.

    • @KevinJohnson-cv2no
      @KevinJohnson-cv2no 2 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      In a mediocre way as opposed to a grand way, though. I feel the US's love of concepts like democracy & equality prevented the government from establishing grand, lavish constructions to show off their power; such would be seen very negatively by US citizens, which is shame.

    • @theicepickthatkilledtrotsk658
      @theicepickthatkilledtrotsk658 2 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      @@KevinJohnson-cv2no I agree that the US lacks grand classical architecture, which is a shame.

    • @gr-8166
      @gr-8166 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      DC lacks consistency, sure you have places like George Town and other parts of the area but it’s always non consistent as to what would be next to other buildings. Some buildings are clearly 50s inspired them all of a sudden it’s a modern city with some rugged and rejected small buildings….
      Personally I dislike DC mainly because it’s traffic is always awful.

    • @dunkey7739
      @dunkey7739 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@theicepickthatkilledtrotsk658 the Capitol building is the only grandiose awe inspiring classical building in the US imo

    • @nuggetsaltshaker9520
      @nuggetsaltshaker9520 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Albany, NY has my favorite architecture that I've seen in the US. It's very diverse and bold, can't believe I've never seen people talk about there.

  • @troyyrob
    @troyyrob 2 ปีที่แล้ว +240

    A memorial to Teddy Roosevelt was built across the river in Arlington on Roosevelt Island. It is hidden at the center of the forest on the island and is quite beautiful.

    • @zachchamp93
      @zachchamp93 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It literally looks like something out of Lord of the Rings

    • @willfakaroni5808
      @willfakaroni5808 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@zachchamp93man discovers that Forests exist in real life

    • @trekkiejunk
      @trekkiejunk 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wrong. It's not across the river. Its on the river, as it's an island.. Its also located within Washington, DC, not in Arlington.. I'm a Washingtonian, and live a 15 minute walk from the island.

  • @Marylandbrony
    @Marylandbrony 2 ปีที่แล้ว +214

    As a person who lives about an hour and a half from D.C by train. An Eisenhower peace arc would have been instantly iconic and helped draw visitors to the south side of the national mall.

    • @altarriq
      @altarriq 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Eisenhower was racist too though?

    • @dmacarthur5356
      @dmacarthur5356 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Agreed. The memorial they built is bland, unimaginative and uninspiring.

    • @robertortiz-wilson1588
      @robertortiz-wilson1588 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@dmacarthur5356 given the wonderful design choices they had to choose from, I dare to wonder if it was on purpose.

    • @definition.of.insanity
      @definition.of.insanity 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@robertortiz-wilson1588 given the state of the country, anything that seems almost intentional is very likely intentional to cause as much damage to the American spirit as possible. It likely was chosen specifically due to its bland, dystopian nature rather than the latter.

    • @robertortiz-wilson1588
      @robertortiz-wilson1588 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@definition.of.insanity my thoughts exactly.

  • @CramMeUP.
    @CramMeUP. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +538

    It's an absolute shame they never chose any of the contradictory proposals for an Eisenhower monument. It would have fit for a person of such relevancy in not just a national scale, but internationally. It was nice that there is was a correlation on George Washington's humility and that of Ike's.

    • @freelancepear87kakkoka11
      @freelancepear87kakkoka11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      agreed, i really liked the arc of peace. it would have fit the neo-classical scape so well and did a good job of showing off Eisenhower's accomplishments.

    • @BlackMasterRoshi
      @BlackMasterRoshi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      triumphal "arch of peace" lmao

    • @tessat338
      @tessat338 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I live in the MDV and this is the first that I am hearing of an Eisenhower memorial. I'll have to go look at it.

    • @spinlok3943
      @spinlok3943 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I agree, the arch design was way better. The current memorial isn't bad, its just a bit underwhelming.

    • @zeo5009
      @zeo5009 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I’m disappointed they didn’t go with a mid-century modern design. It fits the neighborhood and the timeline. And it’s amazing!

  • @32123ABCBA
    @32123ABCBA 2 ปีที่แล้ว +166

    I’d love more videos like this! Maybe in other cities like Vienna or Paris!!

  • @billwilliamson1506
    @billwilliamson1506 2 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    I really liked the idea of combining mixed use neighborhoods into memorials. Combined in larger networks we’d get elaborately artistic cities with plazas and green space. Each neighborhood would of course work with the others to transition and phase into eachother

  • @LordTelperion
    @LordTelperion 2 ปีที่แล้ว +334

    The Classical Roman designs for Eisenhower's memorial were superior in my opinion. Not a huge fan of this post-brutalist, non-ornamentation thing.

    • @robertortiz-wilson1588
      @robertortiz-wilson1588 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Agreed.

    • @Chameleon1616
      @Chameleon1616 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Isn't everyone on this page at this point?

    • @bigbo1764
      @bigbo1764 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@Chameleon1616 appearently not the US government, they’d prefer to minimize costs so that they have more money to give themselves a raise with

    • @Chameleon1616
      @Chameleon1616 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@bigbo1764 Serious modern designs are just as prone to push budgets with material costs and often very novel structural engineering challenges. I don’t believe that one style is inherently more costly, especially when they do the sort of stuff they did with the Eisenhower memorial. If anything they went for the largest and most challenging structure of all the designs

    • @bigbo1764
      @bigbo1764 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Chameleon1616 no I’m not saying one style or another, I’m speaking of the actual grandeur of a structure, it’s magnitude and complexity. They’d rather just slap a bunch or glorified placards on a post and call it a “memorial” than actually commit the time and resources to build something akin to the pantheon of Jefferson or the Parthenon of Lincoln.

  • @lukedahlinghaus6019
    @lukedahlinghaus6019 2 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    I wish that more of the modern memorials in DC still incorporated classical architecture. Modern design isn’t bad but they aren’t as memorable or iconic.

    • @jmchez
      @jmchez 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      President Trump issued a directive that all new federal building would follow the neo classical designs of the city's other major structures. The point was to avoid the horror of the brutalist design of the FBI building and others. Of course, that order was rescinded in 2021.

    • @Swordsman99k
      @Swordsman99k 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I think the Vietnam memorial is pretty striking, even if it is simplistic.

    • @scoopityboop
      @scoopityboop 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Swordsman99k I agree, I think it’s modernity enhances its meaning in its rejection from classical notions of what war was. The Vietnam war is defined by its divisive view from the American public. It wasn’t as glorified as previous wars, which had classical monuments of “great men and generals” put on a pedestal. But the Vietnam War isn’t really something to be celebrated but to be mourned or to reflect upon.

    • @erravi
      @erravi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      the modern designs *are* bad, that is why they aren’t memorable or iconic.

    • @kilomillensimus9379
      @kilomillensimus9379 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@jmchez Good. It's hardly a President's role to legislate the city's sense of taste.

  • @seanjenkins4459
    @seanjenkins4459 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The Lincoln Memorial overlooking the city would have been amazing, especially at night

  • @danielintheantipodes6741
    @danielintheantipodes6741 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    I really like the original bridge design, but it would have been too big for the site, I suppose. And the women't building would have been fabulous, also.
    Thank you for the video!

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Our Juche Tower rivals the Washington Monument. Our Juche Tower measures 558 feet/170 m while the Washington Monument measures 555 feet/169 m. It opened in 1982 to commemorate my grandpa's seventieth birthday. It contains 25,550 blocks, one block for each day of my grandpa's life up until that point. And it serves as the backdrop for our holiday firework shows

    • @xptaco2298
      @xptaco2298 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Don't you have more burgers to eat while binge watching missle launches?

    • @bockjess
      @bockjess 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Says the only human in North Korea with TH-cam.

  • @BigboiiTone
    @BigboiiTone ปีที่แล้ว +8

    5:20 I must say, I really like the openness of the proposed Lincoln Memorial. Seeing the light coming through adds to the "majestic" sense for me, as opposed to the recessed alcove thing they actually built.

  • @micahistory
    @micahistory 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I know I keep saying this but watching your videos is just a whole other experience. The soothing music paired with the beautiful images and your voice makes for such a pleasant video. I always appreciate humanity more after every upload, keep it up

  • @MarcusAgrippa390
    @MarcusAgrippa390 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This whole channel is so wide ranging in content and subject matter that it's just a matter of time until the algorithm recognizes the quality here.

  • @wyattmcgee1
    @wyattmcgee1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I’ve been looking forward to this. :)

  • @fritoss3437
    @fritoss3437 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    T'es vidéos sont toujours un plaisir à regarder

  • @houstonburnside8985
    @houstonburnside8985 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    As a DC area native there is a statue of Roosevelt at the center of Roosevelt island. It’s actually quite nice.

    • @artistfkaW
      @artistfkaW 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      came here to say exactly this

    • @alegsb3943
      @alegsb3943 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      some say he gets up at the end of the day and goes walking around the island using his laser eyes to blast away any people there after closing

  • @Staylive7
    @Staylive7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    As a native of DC, I thank you for this. I’ve fashioned myself as an unofficial tour guide of my city and video gives me even more fun facts to toss out there.

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Smithmeyer and Pelz: Can I copy your homework?
    Tower Bridge: Sure, just change it up a bit so it doesn't look obvious
    Smithmeyer and Pelz: 2:59
    Fun fact, while DC is famous for its cherry blossoms, it DOESN'T have the largest collection of them in the US! That title goes to Branch Brook Park in NEWARK, NJ! Branch Brook has over 5,200 trees, compared to the National Mall's 3,800.

  • @kfh123
    @kfh123 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is see a lot of Friedrich Schinkel there. Thanks for sharing.

  • @afz3003
    @afz3003 2 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    For those wondering about the Egyptian obelisk and pyramid shaped designs, Washington was a 33rd degree Freemason, Mason architecture take alot design from ancient Egypt, as it fits with their esoteric belief.

    • @blushdog
      @blushdog 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I thought it had to do with the roman empire and how they would import egyptian obelisks and build small pyramid monuments in rome, i think they even had a temple of isis in rome

    • @johnnyallen843
      @johnnyallen843 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Washington was a 3rd degree Master Mason, not a 33rd degree Scottish Rite Mason.

    • @doesnt_exist_
      @doesnt_exist_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Egyptian inspired architecture were a trend at the time too

    • @jackmariner
      @jackmariner 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@blushdog our flag sometimes has the Roman battle flag gold frills on the sides. It didn’t always

    • @MrPolandball
      @MrPolandball ปีที่แล้ว

      Nothing worth building monuments idolizing satanic murderers and pedophiles

  • @richmanifesto1090
    @richmanifesto1090 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I don't get how so many design proposals for dc, a city with architecture that deliberately calls to the classical/neoclassical styles, would go for Gothic designs

    • @Frank-mm2yp
      @Frank-mm2yp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The "classical"(or neo-classical style) of architecture was favored by the American elites of the past who liked to refer back to the glorious days of ancient Athens and Rome; "republics" which grew into great historic empires. The USA was supposed to be the spiritual inheritors of the the best classical "republican" virtues and values. "Gothic" architecture was too European or "foreign" for us; except when building a cathedral, then it was apparently OK.

    • @richmanifesto1090
      @richmanifesto1090 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Frank-mm2yp in a lot of ways I just think neo/classical looks nicer

    • @blancavelasquez9859
      @blancavelasquez9859 ปีที่แล้ว

      gothic recalls the english dominant ethnicity and the british founding of this country

  • @clivepilusa7734
    @clivepilusa7734 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Excellent video. Consider making more videos on classical architecture.

  • @23eourytbn82
    @23eourytbn82 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Eisenhower deserves a better memorial.

  • @lawsonbrady2586
    @lawsonbrady2586 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    thank you and keep up the great work

  • @chandlerbing7469
    @chandlerbing7469 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My favourite thing about Washington DC are the colourful trees during autumn.

  • @badnewofficial
    @badnewofficial 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    There is nothing like classical architecture in its beauty, power, and timelessness.

  • @seanfk
    @seanfk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I watch pretty much every video you put out now, very high quality and interesting - just wanna say keep doing what you are doing and that i appreciate your work.

    • @kingsandthings
      @kingsandthings  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thank you! It's always cool to see that there are real people behind the number in the view-counter that watch and enjoy my videos. More content is on the way!

  • @Michaelengelmann
    @Michaelengelmann 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This type of stuff fascinates me, it’s like “what if events in history played out differently?” I wanna know/see what it would look like if Philly stayed the capital or it moved from Philly then moved back making Philly the capital once again but this time everything else was built, art museum, City Hall, Liberty 1 & 2, etc. I wanna render what those 2 plans would look like. I’d say where the art museum (Rocky steps) are at would be the perfect place for the WH.

  • @the11yearoldtopG
    @the11yearoldtopG 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I cannot describe my gratitude for the research in this video!

  • @purplealice
    @purplealice 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The Museum of Natural History in NYC is a memorial to Theodore Roosevelt. It's a great place to visit.

  • @DiscothecaImperialis
    @DiscothecaImperialis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    2:40 Even archetectures associated with Old Monarchy was considered. while the DC itself was intended to have Republic era Rome feelings.

  • @taberslayden5433
    @taberslayden5433 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Great selection of monuments! Love your architecture videos!

    • @kingsandthings
      @kingsandthings  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks! :)

    • @MusicismoreImportant
      @MusicismoreImportant 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      John Russell Pope (April 24, 1874 - August 27, 1937) was an American architect whose firm is widely known for designing major public buildings, including the National Archives and Records Administration building (completed in 1935), the Jefferson Memorial (completed in 1943) and the West Building of the National Gallery of Art (completed in 1941), all in Washington, D.C
      Any thing on august Schoenborn, Henry Hobson Richardson, Buckminster Fuller??

  • @thatcitybuilder9379
    @thatcitybuilder9379 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Nice video as always! The title immediately reminded me of the proposed presidental residence on Meridian Hill (which if i remember correctly, you covered in a previous video) which was never built.

  • @dcseain
    @dcseain 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The monument to Theodore Roosevelt is today on Roosevelt Island (originally Anolastan Island) in DC, accesible from Rosslyn, Arlington, Virginia. A statue and fountains in a forest with hiking trails. A fitting memorial.

  • @gabriellazane673
    @gabriellazane673 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I go to GWU, which is only 3/4 blocks from the monuments. Countless GWU students have drunkenly gone “monumenting” to the point it’s become tradition. I have countless memories there, including having my first kiss with my boyfriend there.

  • @justmytw0cents
    @justmytw0cents 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love your channel. I love falling asleep to your videos. (That's a good thing I promise). Keep it up bro you have our support.

  • @mostfunnestchannel
    @mostfunnestchannel ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This is a great video with a lot of good photographs showing monuments in construction. I specially like the one of the Lincoln Memorial in the middle of a swamp. I am a tour guide in DC and I always explain to tours that DC was built on a swamp, and that the whole half of the mall west of the Washington Monument used to be under the Potomac river, even after dredging it was still a swamp. That is why everything is slowly sinking in DC. The official tour of the US Capitol shows a video that lies to you, says that DC was built on a hill overlooking the Potomac. There is no hill, DC was really built on a swamp overlooking the Potomac. Very fitting that the tour of the US Capitol would lie to you. Edit I just took the Capitol tour again and they took out the lie about DC being built on a hill, nice.

    • @StoneInMySandal
      @StoneInMySandal ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That whole area around the Washington Monument was a huge fish farm. It was part of a government program to encourage aquaculture and they raised millions of carp there sent them all over the country as breeding stock. You could also write in and for a few cents postage they’d send you some carp too.
      A great deal of the carp population in the US originated on the Mall.

  • @башарал
    @башарал 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Very nice video, the Eisenhower and MLK Jr. memorials are the most disappointing ones to me because of how they break up the style of the rest of the city. If you ever do Washington DC again you might want to look at the often overlooked but in my opinion even more impressive classical style Federal office buildings such as the commerce building, treasury, federal reserve, national archives, The Ronald Reagan building, or many more that I think are art pieces of their own.

  • @cesarvictoriano8072
    @cesarvictoriano8072 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This video just casually sitting here ready to give MISTER MANTICORE ideas while teaching us… *nice.*

  • @zarganon9594
    @zarganon9594 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The proposed Eisenhower memorials were much better than the result…

  • @m.tayyab3290
    @m.tayyab3290 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    It's unfortunate that they did not choose the classical style for Eisenhower Memorial. In its current form, it has little to no aesthetic value.

    • @spinlok3943
      @spinlok3943 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I agree, it feels more like a bland museum than a memorial.

    • @bscottb8
      @bscottb8 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Gehry's design is browsing through displays. It has none of the focused majesty of a good classical design. There is no there there.

  • @IiIwaynee
    @IiIwaynee 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video, voice, and fascinating information!

  • @billolsen4360
    @billolsen4360 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I like the simple Washington Monument we have now the best

  • @overly7997
    @overly7997 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I love this, i really do. I'd love to see f you could dig up stuff about New York City and some structures that were planned to be built when it was originally conceived as the Capital. I know there was a planned sit to build the capitol building where Grant's Tomb lies currently.

    • @kingsandthings
      @kingsandthings  2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Interesting, I'll put that in my list of video ideas!

    • @JustANervousWreck
      @JustANervousWreck 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      There was also a design for a ginormous obelisk, taller than the Washington Monument, to be constructed in Battery Park

    • @overly7997
      @overly7997 ปีที่แล้ว

      happy to see you made the video, thanks so much.@@kingsandthings

  • @MultiSciGeek
    @MultiSciGeek 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    It's just so bizarre for me to see "Mediterranean architecture" in the wrong climate/geography. Like the renaissance architecture in Paris is already a bit strange yet manageable, but this is just uncanny. My Southern European brain just can't process this XD It's like I should be seeing St. Peter's Basilica type stuff in Washington D.C.... New York however - completely the opposite, case in point Liverpool.

    • @Sun_Simp
      @Sun_Simp ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I like it, going by Vodoo logic, is just the spirits of the old gods coming to America in shape of living humans and made them built their temples.

  • @RonaldReaganRocks1
    @RonaldReaganRocks1 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is such an awesome channel.

  • @TheTaotheawakenedone
    @TheTaotheawakenedone ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The obelisk is part of a larger power structure moving northeast up the coast to Boston. Freemasons have their hands ALL over DC.
    As an example, the obelisk is 555 feet tall, which is 6,660 inches. Absolutely not a coincidence

    • @wyattmcgee1
      @wyattmcgee1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ok buddy. Go outside and touch some grass.

    • @TheTaotheawakenedone
      @TheTaotheawakenedone ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@wyattmcgee1 are you belittling me for sharing information?

    • @wyattmcgee1
      @wyattmcgee1 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheTaotheawakenedone
      I am belittling you for believing that a group of losers in robes secretly control the world.

    • @TheTaotheawakenedone
      @TheTaotheawakenedone ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@wyattmcgee1 did I say anything about controlling the world? Go strawman somebody else. Your apparent ignorance on the subject gives you poor standing to argue with someone who actually knows what he's talking about.

  • @grubert3535
    @grubert3535 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow this is far more beautiful than what we have today. I find most places in this country to be rather boring or ugly looking.

  • @eddiem461
    @eddiem461 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    What about Roosevelt island, it’s the least utilized land in downtown DC. Most people don’t even know it exists.

    • @SHAKE-S-PIERRE
      @SHAKE-S-PIERRE 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Let it stay like that

    • @trekkiejunk
      @trekkiejunk 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      DC residents do.

  • @01462mike
    @01462mike ปีที่แล้ว +2

    @5:52 Henry Bacon's design here reminds me of the Altar of Pergamon from ancient Greece. Coincidentally, the same building that inspired Albert Speer's design for the grandstand at the Zeppelinfeld used in the Nazi party rallies.

  • @craigkdillon
    @craigkdillon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Of all things written in prose and pen,
    the saddest of these is
    "It might have been".

  • @yotoronto12
    @yotoronto12 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Interesting video. There was a major plan in the 40s to redesign Ottawa called the Greber Plan. You should check that out.

  • @miss.guidedghosts7858
    @miss.guidedghosts7858 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    living in dc, im incredibly and utterly disappointed that the capitol does not have caryatid columns. it was never part of the design plans, but I love caryatid columns okay

  • @fritoss3437
    @fritoss3437 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    You should do the same for Canada and the tomb of Napoléon

  • @andrewdonovan219
    @andrewdonovan219 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I really liked the arch for the ike memorial. I also really liked that deco woman's memorial

  • @TheDavidlloydjones
    @TheDavidlloydjones 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow! The bullets we dodged!
    And the decent taste that showed up to say "Uh, well, um, thanks for trying..." Thank you!

  • @CreativeUsernameHere-r1k
    @CreativeUsernameHere-r1k ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Eisenhower proposal was a great idea, shame we went with the one that is done

  • @luism5514
    @luism5514 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We need to build all of these.

  • @lawsonbrady2586
    @lawsonbrady2586 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    and still waiting on the Mcmillan plan vid lol but like i said love your work and keep it up cant wait for the next one.

    • @kingsandthings
      @kingsandthings  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks! :) I'd love to make more videos about Washington D.C. in the future. There are still so many other interesting plans and projects to cover.

    • @lawsonbrady2586
      @lawsonbrady2586 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@kingsandthings so youre saying theres a chance! Alright i shall be lying in wait for that video for when it comes i will be there. lol

  • @Hosentraeger125
    @Hosentraeger125 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Will we get a continuation on the bavarian rulers series? I would love a video on Ludwig the second...

  • @derjungemensch5902
    @derjungemensch5902 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Isn't it interesting that most of these harken back to pagan temples, or structures like temples and Oblisks? I wonder why the man in charge would pay so much money to build these monuments. What do they mean and where do they come from?

    • @petergriffen437
      @petergriffen437 ปีที่แล้ว

      All of it is satanic 100% it's made by the freemasonry. And they're the ones that built the whole wide world and america. That's why they have they have the washington monument, just a giant penis. The same thing they call rockets now adays is the same thing, giant penises they put in front of the people. One of the meanings for the g in freemasonry is the generative principle. That's part of why they do this. All of it is satanic to the core and the freemasonry run the whole wide world. Every single government.

    • @willfakaroni5808
      @willfakaroni5808 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@petergriffen437no

  • @swampfoxIX
    @swampfoxIX 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I live here. My favorite building/monument is the Scottish Masonic Temple, near Adams Morgan. My second fave is the Washington Monument.

  • @DiscothecaImperialis
    @DiscothecaImperialis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    6:00 This one is very Roman to me.

  • @novusregnum
    @novusregnum 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I really love Washington DC. Many architects and architecture enthusiasts pine for the old days, of classical buildings, Art Deco, and Gothic cathedrals. I somewhat disagree with the obsession with the past, as I find value in all architectural styles. However, the Capital has undeniable unique charm due to the classicism it employs, and as such must continue as such into the future

    • @rokano
      @rokano 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Art Deco is modern architecture

  • @aalexander928
    @aalexander928 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is a fine video - thank you for creating & posting it.

  • @anthonycalbillo9376
    @anthonycalbillo9376 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I wonder what these famous guys would think, if they were to have come back and see all of these monuments for them.

  • @coolandhip_7596
    @coolandhip_7596 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    If any two men deserve monuments it's grant and Eisenhower, the arc would have been perfect for Eisenhower

  • @tauser10
    @tauser10 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Keep up the amazing content… I’d love to see more videos of cities with unbuilt monuments, doesnt matter where

  • @thomas_2285
    @thomas_2285 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You would think architecture stopped with the Ancient Greek and Romans. Apparently, they found a formula that we still love thousands of years later.

  • @lordmolyneaux8675
    @lordmolyneaux8675 ปีที่แล้ว

    That Gothic tower looked amazing.

  • @134343
    @134343 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Commenting for the algorithm to help your channel.

  • @stevedinks6090
    @stevedinks6090 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    It is a shame that all of the alternative Eisenhower memorials look better than the monument that was actually built.

    • @Marylandbrony
      @Marylandbrony 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Love the peace arc idea. Reminds me of the Washington Square Arch in New York.

  • @suhnih4076
    @suhnih4076 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’ve always been a fan of big and unnecessarily detailed buildings

  • @stupid0nut
    @stupid0nut 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You can see where they stopped the Washington Monument because they used slightly different color stone.
    And if you visit you must plan ahead but you can go up to the top!

  • @QellOmnyhydrax
    @QellOmnyhydrax 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The layout of the streets in DC is also… fascinating.

  • @DISTurbedwaffle918
    @DISTurbedwaffle918 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Gothic style Washington Monument made me pog

  • @simgrmehmej8075
    @simgrmehmej8075 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Those contemporary proposals for the Eisenhower memorial are physically revolting… Mixed use office buildings integrated into a memorial?… We really have lost touch with the greatness which survives from our heritage in the form of historical remains in a very real sense.

  • @bry117
    @bry117 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fascinating topic

  • @greensage395
    @greensage395 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They all look like Mausoleums, as the Dead need a House too!

  • @wyattwilbourne530
    @wyattwilbourne530 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    America needs to return to its classical roots

    • @CarloRossi54523
      @CarloRossi54523 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      America decided in 1965 to abandon its European heritage, now it's too late.

    • @wyattwilbourne530
      @wyattwilbourne530 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CarloRossi54523 it's never too late. Get whitepilled, doomer

  • @nullifye7816
    @nullifye7816 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's amazing to think that it could've been even worse than it is now.

  • @scotfield4550
    @scotfield4550 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice! 👌

  • @kenb3552
    @kenb3552 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    FDR deserved a far better monument at a far better location than what was ultimately built.

  • @Flight_of_Icarus
    @Flight_of_Icarus 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    There could be a couple new monuments made in DC that I don't think would be out of place. Particularly I'd like one devoted to Franklin D. Roosevelt leading the country through WWII, or John F. Kennedy for the Space Race. A Kennedy Arch would be great, a sort of "gateway to the stars." Actually yeah, you could make it inspired by the Brandenburg Gate and call it the Kennedy Gate.

  • @jaws5671
    @jaws5671 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    if you have to tell the story of who the monument is for as a part of the monument experience, that person doesn't deserve a monument at all. people need to already know about them

    • @StoneInMySandal
      @StoneInMySandal ปีที่แล้ว

      Back in the 1990s the BBC did a big experiment where they would show people a picture of a monument from their country and ask who it was for and why it had been built. Americans were the worst at correctly answering and the French were the best. Americans don’t have a good grasp of their history.

    • @jaws5671
      @jaws5671 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@StoneInMySandal the bbc loves making americans look stupid

  • @synner707
    @synner707 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is there a coffe table book that has stuff like this ? Recommendations would be appreciated. I love old architecture illustrations.

  • @extremedrumming3393
    @extremedrumming3393 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    2:39 this looks almost like a Cambodian temple. Super interesting concept and a design I personally really like (though i see how it would have looked out of place)

  • @mikemcnamara3777
    @mikemcnamara3777 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    About sixteen years ago I was teaching NATO Partnership for Peace officers. I took 120 of them, along with about eight NATO Officers,to D.C.
    They toured the Capitol, WH, Supreme Court (Scalia talked with them), and the Pentagon/Arlington.
    Several of the NATO Officers and maybe two dozen PfP Officers told me that they considered Washington the most beautiful of all cities.
    Good thing they didn’t see anything more than five blocks from the Mall.

  • @KevinJohnson-cv2no
    @KevinJohnson-cv2no 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Monuments for the future American Empire, surely.

  • @O-sa-car
    @O-sa-car 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    the round Lincoln Memorial would've been dope

  • @siyacer
    @siyacer 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wonderful

  • @music_by_carlos
    @music_by_carlos 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    very dope video

  • @TheLiamster
    @TheLiamster 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love Washington DC but I wish the McMillan plan was fully built

  • @BigboiiTone
    @BigboiiTone ปีที่แล้ว

    Who knew greco Roman larping could end in such neat buildings?

  • @illyasvielemiya9059
    @illyasvielemiya9059 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    is there any reason why The US have so many Egyptians inspired monuments?

    • @VegaTakeOver
      @VegaTakeOver ปีที่แล้ว

      the illuminate and there is literal Egyptian artifacts placed all around DC

  • @StoneInMySandal
    @StoneInMySandal ปีที่แล้ว

    Eisenhower was not a fan of the Neo-classical architecture of DC. He felt it shackled the nation to the ideals of empire and war of the past. He wanted government architecture to break away from the past and look forward to a better future of technology and peace.
    The memorial is a pretty good interpretation of his views.

  • @Russo-Delenda-Est
    @Russo-Delenda-Est ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The fact that they completely broke away from the classical theme for Eisenhower's monument bothers me. It could have been magnificent and beautiful, Instead it's ugly and bland, like most modern architecture.

    • @bscottb8
      @bscottb8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Planners of the Eisenhower Memorial wanted it to be "of its time," which is why it looks so unmemorable. A triumphal arch would have done nicely.